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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Step 1: Creating a Volume</h1>
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   <p>Create a volume before performing volume protection.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4>
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     <li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="volume-0011__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol34250519116"><b><span id="volume-0011__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text154255511911"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; Volumes</b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>In the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> dialog box that is displayed, create a volume for a single host.</span><p></p><p><a href="#volume-0011__en-us_topic_0000001218047555_table6268122683816">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.</p>
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         <b>Table 1 </b>Parameters for creating a volume
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          <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Name</strong></span></p></td>
          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.2 "><p>User-defined volume name.</p></td>
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          <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Select Host</strong></span></p></td>
          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.2 "><p>Select the host for which volume protection is to be performed.</p>
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            <span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span>
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             <p>Only one volume set can be created for a host. The hosts for which volume sets have been created are not displayed.</p>
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          <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.1 "><p><strong>OS Backup</strong></p></td>
          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.2 "><p>After this option is selected, you can enable or disable OS backup when creating or modifying volume protection. If you want to back up data of all system volumes, you must select all system volumes.</p></td>
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          <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.1 "><p><strong>Backup Type</strong></p>
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            <span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span>
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             <p>This parameter is available only for the Windows OS.</p>
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          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.2 "><p>Select a backup type: <strong>Volume</strong> or <strong>Bare Metal</strong>.</p>
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            <span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span>
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             <p>Currently, only NTFS volumes can be backed up.</p>
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          <td class="cellrowborder" colspan="2" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Volume</strong></span></p></td>
          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.4.1.2 "><p>Select the volumes to be protected.</p></td>
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     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span>OK</span></b></span>.</span></li>
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     <strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="volume-0010.html">Backing Up Volumes</a>
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